Broadcasters

This is a short (and therefore incomplete) list of some of the major world-band broadcasters. Most (but not all) of them broadcast to North America at some point during the day or week. I have marked the stations that I have personally heard (on my Degen DE 1102 or my Sony ICF-SW7600GR) with an asterisk (*). Many stations also stream their programming on the Internet, and some, such as the BBC World Service, have subsequently ceased their radio transmissions (to North America, at least).

While the influx of new information technologies, coupled with a massive corporate consolidation of domestic station ownership and an increasingly jingoistic sense of nationalism, may be reducing the size of the U.S. audience, much of the rest of the world's population (particularly in regions without Internet access) still relies heavily on radio transmissions. Moreover, the recent amendments to the FISA in the United States do not change the fact that radio listening, unlike online activities, cannot be reasonably tracked and logged by the NSA.

Unless indicated otherwise, each link here connects to the English version of the station's website.

List of International Shortwave Broadcasters

Americas

• AFRTS Armed Forces Radio and Television Services (United States)
• Radio Canada International*
• Radio Habana Cuba*
• Voice of America (United States)

Antarctica

• Worldwide Antarctic Program

Africa

• Radio Cairo (Egypt)

Eurasia

• BBC World Service (England, no longer broadcast to North America)
• China Radio International*
• Deutsche Welle (Germany)
• Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
• Kol Israel -- the Voice of Israel (Recently terminated shortwave broadcasts to all but Iran)
• Radio Japan
• Radio Bulgaria
• Radio Nacional de España (Spain)
• Radio Netherlands
• Radio Taiwan International*
• Vatican Radio
• Voice of Russia (RUVR)

Oceania

• ABC Radio Australia*
• Radio New Zealand International